Easy Make Edible Gourmet Food Gift Recipes

Use the freshest ingredients you can find when making home made gifts. It is definitely worth buying a fresh packet of curry powder for making these nuts as it makes all the difference to have the aromas of really fresh spices.

Put the nuts in a large baking pan. Mix the oil and spices together and pour them over the nuts. Stir well.

Put the nuts in a low oven (300 F, 150 C or Gas Mark 2) for 20-30 minutes, checking and stirring them continually. They should brown beautifully but keep and eye on them and as soon as you see the slightest sign they may be burning, take them out, because nuts burn very quickly.

Spread the nuts on paper towels to dry and cool. When they are cool, sprinkle them with a little salt – not too much.

Put them in jars when cool.

Mint Coconut Ice

If you are going to make candies it is worth getting a sugar thermometer – you’ll find one in any cookshop. But it is perfectly possible to make candies successfully without one. If you don’t have a sugar thermometer, test the coconut ice is ready by dropping a tiny piece into a glass of cold water. If it dissolves, it is not ready. If it falls a little ball, then it is ready to set.